Explicit Instruction is an approach that is straight forward and can be used to teach any subject ant any grade level (Powell & Driver 2013). Education and learning is like climbing a tower, there is a clear goal to reach the top and in order to do so one must be equipped with the appropriate resources and tools to be successful. An educator’s goals should be for their students to reach the top and successful learning the skills to become academically successful. Explicit instruction includes teacher-directed procedural instruction and opportunities for student practice of newly taught strategies (McKenna, Shin & Ciullo 2015). The Explicit Instruction Approach allows for students to first see how to climb the tower, step by step. Then, slowly